PAs and their role in patient care
10/13/22 • 37 min
Have you ever wondered what a physician assistant (PA) is and what role they play in patient care? In this episode of MedBoard Matters, host, Jean Fisher Brinkley talks with Molly Calabria, PA-C (President) and Meg Beal, MMS, PA-C (President-Elect) of the North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants about their backgrounds, educational journeys, history of the PA profession, and more.
Host: Jean Fisher Brinkley
Guests: Molly Calabria, PA-C and Meg Beal, MMS, PA-C
Producer: Sylvia French-Hodges
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Email your questions to: [email protected].
Have you ever wondered what a physician assistant (PA) is and what role they play in patient care? In this episode of MedBoard Matters, host, Jean Fisher Brinkley talks with Molly Calabria, PA-C (President) and Meg Beal, MMS, PA-C (President-Elect) of the North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants about their backgrounds, educational journeys, history of the PA profession, and more.
Host: Jean Fisher Brinkley
Guests: Molly Calabria, PA-C and Meg Beal, MMS, PA-C
Producer: Sylvia French-Hodges
Follow the North Carolina Medical Board on X, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Email your questions to: [email protected].
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MedBoard Matters - PAs and their role in patient care
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If you have never come across a physician assistant in your journey through the health care system? Well, I'd be very surprised. This is Jean Fisher Brinkley, Communications Director for the North Carolina Medical Board, and this is MedBoard Matters. Physician Assistants, or PAs as they're commonly known, are everywhere in health care, and their numbers are growing. For the last several years, the numbe
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